Wash-boiler



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OHN T. MOOAFFREY, OF RED BUD, ILLINOIS.

WASH-BOILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,650, dated October8, 1889.

Application filed June 26, 1889.

Bud, in the county of Randolph and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and use- I ful Improvements in Wash-Boilers; and I do herebydeclare the'following to be a full, clear,

Y and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to wash-boilers.

The object of my invention is to construct a cheap and durablewash-boiler; and to this end the nature of my invention consists ofconstructions and combinations, all as will hereinafter be set forth inthe specification, and particularly pointed out in the claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure l is a verticalsection ofa boiler,

with my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionof thesteam-chamber.

A is the boiler, in the bottom of which .is placed my improvement;

B is the suction apparatus, having a baseplate 0 soldered to a band 0,and havingperforations c.

D is a steam-chamber, having secured to its bottom a tube 01, ofsufficient diameter to fit over the tube 19 of the base-plate. From thesides of this steam-chamber D project tapering arms E, provided withnibs e, which point downward. Thediameter of the tapering arms at theirjunction with the steamchamber is less than the diameter of the tubes 6and d, for the purpose of forcing the water. upon the clothes with greaer force. Upon the inside of the steam-chamber, and a short Serial No.315,608. (No model.)

distance above its bottom, is secured a sup- ,the steam which has passedto the steamchamber acts upon the water as it is passing through thearms and forces it out and through the clot-hing with greater force.

Having described myinventiomwhatl claim 1s- 1. In a wash-boiler, thecombination of the perforated plate 0, tubes 5 and d, steamchamber D,provided with a supplemental bottom, and the tapering arms E, havingnibs c, substantially as shown and'described.

2. In a wash-boiler, the combination of a perforated plate, asteam-chamber having tapering arms, and a supplemental bottom dividingthe passage to said arms, and tubes connecting said perforated plate andsteam: chamber, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN T. MCOAFFREY.

